Voice alarm apparatus and method for mobile communication terminal
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorByoung-Seoup Moon
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Abstract
An apparatus for outputting a voice alarm in a mobile communication terminal is provided. The apparatus includes a voice synthesizer (or Text-To-Speech (TTS) converter) for converting text data into voice data, a memory for storing alarm contents and an alarm time input by a user, a controller for converting the alarm contents stored in the memory into voice data by the voice synthesizer at the alarm time and transmitting the voice data to a coder-decoder (CODEC). The CODEC converts the voice data from the controller into an analog voice signal and outputs the analog voice signal through a speaker.
Claims8
An apparatus for outputting a voice alarm in a mobile communication terminal, comprising:
- a voice synthesizer for converting text data into voice data;
- a memory for storing alarm contents and an alarm time input by a user;
- and
- a controller for converting the stored alarm contents into voice data by the voice synthesizer and transmitting the voice data to a coder-decoder (CODEC), wherein
- the CODEC converts the voice data from the controller into an analog voice signal and outputs the analog voice signal through a speaker at the alarm time.
A method for outputting a voice alarm in a mobile communication terminal with a voice synthesizing function, comprising the steps of:
- storing alarm contents and an alarm time input by a user in a memory:
- converting the stored alarm contents into voice data using the voice synthesizing function;
- and
- converting the voice data into a voice signal and outputting, at the alarm time, the voice signal through a speaker.
A method for outputting a voice alarm in a mobile communication terminal with a voice synthesizing function, comprising the steps of:
- storing alarm contents and an alarm time input by a user;
- setting an alarm mode for the alarm contents to be output at the alarm time;
- analyzing the set alarm mode at the alarm time;
- converting the stored alarm contents into voice data using the voice synthesizing function when the alarm mode is set to a voice mode;
- and
- converting the voice data into a voice signal and outputting the voice signal through a speaker.
A method for outputting a scheduled voice alarm in a mobile communication terminal with a voice synthesizing function, comprising the steps of:
- storing an alarm contents and an alarm time input by a user;
- converting the stored alarm contents into voice data using the voice synthesizing function at the alarm time;
- and
- converting the voice data into a voice signal and outputting the voice signal through a speaker.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.